3/08/2010 @ 6:00PM

In Pictures: Keeping Your Home Clean And 'Green'

Seventh Generation Disinfecting Wipes

Seventh Generation shuns toxic chemicals in favor of essential oils in its disinfecting wipes and spray cleaners. To create these cleaning products, the company–which has been around for two decades–partnered with the CleanWell Company, described by Seventh Generation as “the first to discover how to blend thyme oil to kill 99.99% of harmful germs.” The challenge for plant-based cleaning products thus far has been the inability to disinfect.